The Anglican Bishop of Lagos West Diocese, the Rt. Rev. (Dr.) Peter Adebiyi, at the weekend closed down St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Mushin, Lagos, for its failure to remit ‘covenant seed’ to him.

The Bishop also sacked the Vicar of the church, the Rev. Canon Edison Chigozie Mgbeokwere, with his assistants following a fracas in the church.

Members of the church, however, defied the new directive by the Bishop.

When P.M.News visited the church yesterday, the members had forced the locked gate of the church open and conducted service without a pastor (vicar) or head.

The cause of the fight, which has been reported to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo, could be traced to a meeting between the bishop and the vicar with his congregation.

At the meeting, P.M.NEWS learnt that Bishop Adebiyi said the church has not contributed the amount of money the parish remitted to the diocese, stressing that loyalty was more important to him than hard work.

The action of the Lordship has prompted the church to protest by writing a petition to the prelate of Anglican Church in Nigeria, Bishop Peter J. Akinola, that they no longer want to be under Lagos West Diocese of the church.

Members of the church, who spoke to P.M.NEWS, alleged that the bishop was fighting with the church’s heads because of money.

They said the church has been paying assessment levy to the bishop but that was not enough for him, as he insisted he wanted more.

Though the Public Relations Officer to the Bishop, Tunji Oguntuase, confirmed to P.M.NEWS that the bishop ordered the closure of the church, he denied the allegation that it was closed because of money.

He blamed the rift on insubordination by the church’s heads.

The Bishop’s PRO attributed the problem to the heads of the church, whom he said do not want to be monitored on how they manage the church’s purse.

He maintained that the bishop has the power to instil sanity in any of the parishes under him.

I am an Anglican and I stand tall in saying the church heads are rogues what do they stand to gain by defying the order of the Bishop ?

Order is the 1st law in heaven, innit ?

hahahaha  na today
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ohun towo maa da sile 

apa owo o le kaa! 

innability to re-mitt seed money, my fluffy yansh  " "

emphasis should be on saving souls

Gbeborun

go start ur church and allow seed offerings not be accounted for . . .

how would u evangelize ? how would u run the church ? expenses et al ?

how would the priests be paid ? the church workers ? admin expenses ? etc

BTW long time

carry yah kpata go front small!

when JESUS WAS ON EARTH THE EMPHASIS WAS ON SAVING SOULS AND HELPING PEOPLE

not on money, power struggles et all

by the way ? are you sure? you are not one of those rogues fighting over seed money?   " "

buncha gbewiris! 

_{yes oh its been a minute!}

in fact I was the main man in the struggle . . . .

and best believe it ; the amount we are talking here isnt small dough, gerrit ?

simple question ; the emphasis is on saving souls . . .can an utterly hungry or poverty-stricken person truly serve God on empty stomach ? u cans save souls if u dont have any form of money coming in . . ._{GREED, HOWEVER IS MAKING MEN GO AGAINST THE DOCTRINE OF GOD FIRST}

do u also know that part of these monies is what the Church uses in the welfare of its members ?

gimme that old time religion any day

so you are justifying them fighting abi?

anyway we don't really know the full gist

what happened to the money?

whats the total amount?

what did the leader of the musin church do with the money?

kit i hear you! money is important to run the church and all that ish

but when it comes to issues like this, it should be settled amicably amongst the leaders

it should not deteriorate to an all out war like this

Dr Kitaun:

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do u also know that part of these monies is what the Church uses in the welfare of its members ?

oh really? welfare of which members? in this present situation where they are fighting over the few coins wey dem collect? " "

stop editing ur posts over and over again

yes ! the money must have been much . . .

and yes ! these priests have a way of not wanting to reveal to the overseeing church the true amount that comes in . . .

is that right ? definitely NOT but only God knows those who worship him in truth and spirit . . .

still, these churches are aware of how much they must pay in the form of annual sustenance fees

LOL!! Its all about the money huh. Another bunch of 419ners LMAO!!

he he, get your hustle on.

Dr Kitaun:

stop editing your posts over and over again

yes ! the money must have been much . . .

and yes ! these priests have a way of not wanting to reveal to the overseeing church the true amount that comes in . . .

is that right ? definitely NOT but only God knows those who worship him in truth and spirit . . .

still, these churches are aware of how much they must pay in the form of annual sustenance fees

senior agbero you go wound na who dey adjust post? , i trust my musin people, sustenance fees koo, bishop pocket money nii

afiq:

LOL!! Its all about the money huh. Another bunch of 419ners LMAO!!

lol don't start

Churches in Naija are businesses. Its not a means to go to heaven but a means to financial liberty.

Churches in Naija are businesses. Its not a means to go to heaven but a means to financial liberty.

I have posted this before ==>

THE GURU'S CAT

When the guru sat down to worship each evening the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshippers. So he ordered that the cat be tied up during evening worship.

Long after the guru died, the cat continued to be tied during the evening worship. And when the cat eventually died, another cat was brought to the ashram so that it could be duly tied during evening worship.

Centuries later learned treatises were written by the guru’s disciples on the essential role of the tied cat in all properly conducted evening worship.

When this made headline in PM News,I thougth it was not true.

Why is this happening in the church of all places?